The New England Hebrew Academy is an Orthodox Hebrew day school founded in 1944 and located in Brookline. It currently services over 300 children in preschool through grade nine. Children attending the school come from 27 different cities and towns in the Greater Boston area.
NEHA was founded to provide an exemplary, well-rounded Judaic and secular education to children in the Greater Boston Jewish community. Its educational policies are inclusive and individualized and they encourage students to utilize their individual potential and strive for excellence. It was founded in 1944 by the previous Lubavitch Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson. Our emblem symbolizes our mission, which is to inspire our students to study Torah diligently so that they in turn can spread the light of Torah to the world.
Faculty members are chosen for their expertise, as well as their desire to make a difference in the lives of their students. They serve as positive role models for the children.